bay

[Bay]

A bay is an inlet along the shoreline of a body of water. A bay window occupies a similar inlet in a room. When you keep someone "at bay" you hold them off.

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Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

Noun
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

Noun
a small recess opening off a larger room

Noun
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"

Noun
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"

Noun
the sound of a hound on the scent

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Noun
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Noun
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

Verb
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Verb
utter in deep prolonged tones

Adjective S.
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color


a.
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

n.
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

n.
A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

n.
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

n.
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.

n.
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.

n.
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

n.
A berry, particularly of the laurel.

n.
The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.

n.
A tract covered with bay trees.

v. i.
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

v. t.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

v. i.
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

v. i.
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

v. t.
To bathe.

n.
A bank or dam to keep back water.

v. t.
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.


Bay

Bay , a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only of horses.] Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zo'94l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zo'94l.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).

Bay

Bay, n. [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf. Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay harbor, creek; Bisc. baia, baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.] 1. (Geol.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. &hand; The name is not used with much precision, and is often applied to large tracts of water, around which the land forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but is used foe any recess or inlet between capes or headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay. 2. A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc. 3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. 4. A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers. 5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. 6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick. Totten.

Bay

Bay, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.] 1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.] 2. The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.
3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.

Bay

Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Baying.] [ OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed.

Bay

Bay , v. t. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. Shak.

Bay

Bay , n. [See Bay, v. i.] 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." Cowper. 2. [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois, prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when surrounded by the dogs, barking (aboyant); aux abois at bay.] A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.
The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.

Bay

Bay, v. t. [Cf. OE. b'91wen to bathe, and G. b'84hen to foment.] To bathe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bay

Bay, n. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Bay

Bay, v. t. To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

A berry, particularly of the laurel.

To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

To bathe.

A bank or dam to keep back water.

To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

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Usage Examples

I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs.

Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.

I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.

Misspelled Form

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With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay.

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day.

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

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